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The import/export is quite nitfty actually: If you first export and then import the same data again, it will not be duplicated (only updated if the exported file has been changed). This is a requirement anyway, if there will be kind of a webservice.

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nice tool =) i'd like to discuss following changes to the new versions if possible:

- accept relative paths (i'd like to use it on mu flash drive eg.: for "Save in folder" use path like "..\Ketarin.DownLoad\myApp"). I mean relative to "Ketarin.exe" application run from (folder).

- at least basic command line parameters/arguments to create/backup/run "Ketarin" with it's "DB" from flash drive and not only from "%APPDATA%" =) (to run it from batch files - see below).

- is it possible to add a choice creating "local" variable (per application) or "global" variable which will be available to "myApp" or to all applications (i think "global" variable [string replacement] will be useful with "Regular Expressions" as common "string replacement").

- please could you post some examples for "Regular Expressions" on the help/manual for "Ketarin"?!

- some short description to "Online Application Database" - maybe fron-end to add APPS in the near future?!

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- accept relative paths (i'd like to use it on mu flash drive eg.: for "Save in folder" use path like "..\Ketarin.DownLoad\myApp"). I mean relative to "Ketarin.exe" application run from (folder).

Worth a consideration.

- at least basic command line parameters/arguments to create/backup/run "Ketarin" with it's "DB" from flash drive and not only from "%APPDATA%" =) (to run it from batch files - see below).

You can already move the database to the Ketarin.exe folder to make it use this DB.

- is it possible to add a choice creating "local" variable (per application) or "global" variable which will be available to "myApp" or to all applications (i think "global" variable [string replacement] will be useful with "Regular Expressions" as common "string replacement").

Nope. That doesn't make any sense to me either.

- please could you post some examples for "Regular Expressions" on the help/manual for "Ketarin"?!

Seriously, there are a million regular expression tutortials on the .NET. I have no intention of adding one more.

- some short description to "Online Application Database" - maybe fron-end to add APPS in the near future?!

4. Could Ketarin have a logfile of the last session's messages (download success date/time, file skipped date/time and reason why, error messages etc.)

Just some minor things for the wishlist. Thanks as always!

--appyface

Edit: I have just finished setting up several more items for Ketarin to track for me, and found that I could really make use of:

1) Start a new download entry in Ketarin that is pre-filled with the info from an existing entry. IOW let me choose an existing Ketarin download entry as the template for setting up my new entry.

Example: http://www.e-sword.net/bibles.html on this page I download several bibles for my copy of e-sword. I am using Ketarin variables with RegEx to scrape the last updated date and add it into the saved filename for each bible. After getting one of the downloads working the way I wanted, I had seven more to set up. It would have saved some time (and pilot error!) if I could have started with that first one as a template to add new downloads, a slight tweak of the entry's description, the RegEx, and the saved filename is all that I needed to do for each one.

2) Creating a new variable for an entry based on an existing variable in that entry. Like the above idea, when I click the "+" to add a new variable, I'd like to pre-fill the new variable from the info for a variable already saved in that entry.

Example: For some programs I have to scrape the major and minor version info separately, it is often on the same URL just in different places. I'd like to be able to select an existing variable in that item as my template, when I click to add a new variable I'd like it to be pre-filled from the existing variable. A quick tweak to the RegEx and I'm done.

"The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel"

Is this a referrer issue? I can't directly download the scraped URL by pasting into a new IE7 session either, I first have to browse the page that contains the scraped URL. Then I can paste the scraped URL right into IE7's address bar on top of that page's URL and the download works correctly.

But without browser referrer or ?, the site will not fulfil the download request.

NOTE to anyone wishing to help: Please don't give me the URL of an alternate site to get this file. This is not the only file with this type of situation for download, I have several more to set up in Ketarin that require this method. These are files that can only be had from their vendor's links, they are not available on popular download sites. I would really like to get this working in Ketarin if it is at all possible to do. Thanks!

--appyface

(P.S. I know the RegEx above is inefficient. It's adapted from a generic one that I use quite a lot, which works on all flavors of RegEx that I utilize [that support positive lookbehind, not all of them do.] Just in case anyone wants to point out the RegEx could be streamlined, yes I know that )

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Guest rz0

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It seems you've already implemented the ability to accept a relative path as the download directory. However, relative paths currently do not work for "Execute the following command after downloading" for individual jobs. I would be very grateful if this could be implemented. Thanks.

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Guest navyjax2

Guest navyjax2

Was ready to say the #$@! with this one CD-RW I had when no fix would make XP's built-in writer work with it, and Roxio 6 wouldn't even recognize the drive! So glad I found this utility - works great!!! Thank you!!!

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Guest Scoffer

Guest Scoffer

OK. So, after reading a couple of pages here, still have no idea about this softwares' reviews and if it is good, safe, useable for? Appears 'the blogs train tracks lead elsewhere other than what this is all about.